Celo

investment firm

About

Celo is an open platform that makes financial tools accessible to anyone with a mobile phone.

Details

Last Funding Type
Pre-seed
Industries
Blockchain,Finance,Financial Services,FinTech,Payments
Founded date
Jan 1, 2018
Operating Status
Active
Also Known As
cLabs

Celo is an open platform that makes financial tools accessible to anyone with a mobile phone. Its mission is to build a monetary system that creates the conditions of prosperity for all.

The Celo ecosystem includes a decentralized, proof-of-stake blockchain technology stack (Celo Platform), a native asset (CELO), a stablecoin (cUSD) and the Celo Alliance for Prosperity, with over 100 organizations around the world, including Andreesen Horowitz, Anchorage, Coinbase, GSMA, Mercy Corps, Grameen Foundation, Prosegur, Abra, and cLabs, a service organization dedicated to growing and developing the Celo ecosystem.

Funding Rounds

Number of Funding Rounds
Total Funding Amount
7
$66.50M
Celo has raised a total of $66.50M in funding over 2 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Nov 20, 2022 from a Pre-seed round.
Announced Date Round Money Raised Number of Investors Lead Investors Post Valuation
Nov 20, 2022 Pre-seed 1 DWF Labs Detail
Apr 20, 2021 Series Unknown 1 DTCP Detail
Feb 10, 2021 Series Unknown $20M 3 Detail
May 12, 2020 Initial Coin Offering $10M Detail
Dec 5, 2019 Series B 1 Detail

Investments

Number of Investments
Number of Lead Investments
4
1
Celo has made 4 investments. Their most recent investment was on Oct 18, 2022, when Mintdropz raised 0.
Date Company Name
Round Money Raised Industry Lead Investor
Oct 18, 2022 Mintdropz
Grant Cryptocurrency
Pre-seed $95K Apps
May 24, 2022 Flowcarbon
Initial Coin Offering Blockchain
May 11, 2021 techtec
Grant Cryptocurrency Yes

Investors

Number of Lead Investors
Number of Investors
4
32
Celo is funded by 32 investors. DWF Labs and DTCP are the most recent investors.
Investor Name Lead Investor Funding Round
DWF Labs Yes Pre-seed
DTCP Yes Series Unknown
Polychain Yes Series Unknown
a16z crypto Yes Series Unknown
Andreessen Horowitz Series Unknown
Electric Capital Series Unknown
Greenfield Series Unknown
Valor Capital Group Series B
9Yards Capital Series Unknown
Coinbase Ventures Series Unknown

Employee Profiles

Number of Employee Profiles
13
Celo has 13 current employee profiles, including Executive Rene Reinsberg
Executive
Executive
Advisor
Executive
Employee

Acquisition

Celo has acquired 1 organizations. Their most recent acquisition was Summa on Aug 13, 2020. They acquired Summa for 0.

Date Company Name
Industry Acquisition Type Price
Aug 13, 2020 Summa
Bitcoin acquisition Detail